Oakland Roots and Soul Sports Club, in partnership with the Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation, announced the completion of a fully renovated futsal court at Rainbow Recreation Center, highlighted by a striking new mural designed by internationally renowned artist Shepard Fairey. 

The revitalized court represents the intersection of sport, culture, and community—core values shared by all organizations involved in the project. Beyond resurfacing and improving the playing area which previously was underutilized, the court now serves as a vibrant public artwork and community asset.

The centerpiece of the renovation is a one-of-a-kind ground mural designed by Shepard Fairey, marking the first time the celebrated artist created a mural specifically for a sports surface. The artwork was brought to life by a team of local artists led by East Oakland native Kalani Cecaci, further connecting the project to The Town’s rich artistic heritage and creative community.

“It’s very exciting to be able to unveil this new piece in the Oakland community, highlighting resonant themes and values for my first sports-specific ground mural with Oakland Roots and Soul SC along with Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation,” said Artist Shepard Fairey. “We witnessed disparate countries being unified around sport with the captivating World Cup and it’s a perfect time to celebrate global citizenship together in Oakland.” 

“The combination of refurbishing a futsal court with a Shepard Fairey mural exemplifies the power of sport and public spaces” stated Andrea Lepore, SVP, Brand Partnerships Oakland Roots and Soul SC. “This project reflects our commitment with our partners PG&E and Anthem to create new public works of art and safe places to play. It’s more than a futsal court—it’s now an Oakland landmark and it’s free for our entire community to enjoy.”

For more info, read about the mural and the futsal court HERE.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to pay LexisNexis millions more dollars for continued access to data it can feed into a Palantir platform, according to newly published procurement records. The data is to help, among other sections, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), the part of ICE focused on deportation.

The documents provide some more insight into the sort of information ICE intends to use Palantir to process. In January, 404 Media revealed the existence of ELITE, a system Palantir made for ICE that helps the agency find which neighborhoods to target by bringing together data from private suppliers and government agencies.

The news comes as ICE arrested more than 51,000 people in July, many of those at airports.

The data is to support “all aspects of ICE screening and vetting, lead development, and criminal analysis activities,” one of the documents says. That also includes identifying what ICE perceives as fraud “before crime and fraud can materialize and detecting and reporting elements of crimes involving the exploitation or attempts to exploit the immigration and customs laws of the United States.” ICE anticipates paying LexisNexis $6.7 million, according to the records.

LexisNexis has long provided data to ICE across multiple administrations. In this new procurement record, ICE is looking to continue access to “to LexID and Accurint Virtual Crime Center,” according to a listing posted along with the document. LexID and Accurint are LexisNexis tools that take a wealth of data — “over 82 billion public and proprietary records from more than 10,000 sources” according to the company’s website — and link them together to help law enforcement locate people.

The document suggests ICE wants to pair these capabilities and data with Palantir systems, too. One part reads, “The government's requirement is that the database must be able to application programming interface (API) with ICE applications, such as but not limited to, Palantir platform, PenLink, and ICE Data Analytics.” PenLink is another company ICE contracts with which 404 Media previously reported on. It sells social media monitoring tools and one called Webloc for tracking the location of mobile phones in entire neighborhoods.

Palantir has become a key provider of the technical infrastructure for the Trump administration’s mass deportation mission. 404 Media previously reported that the Palantir-made ELITE, or Enhanced Leads Identification & Targeting for Enforcement, populates a map interface with potential deportation targets, and provides ICE officials with a “confidence score” on the person’s current address. Sources for that tool include the Department of Health and Human Services.

It is not clear if ICE intends to ingest LexisNexis’ data into ELITE specifically or some other Palantir platform.

The document also lists several requirements around AI. They include “an artificial intelligence (AI) driven identification system” that can use data to “infer the identity of the end user,” and a facial recognition system that can leverage “large-scale image databases to perform high accuracy facial matching across diverse sources, including open-source media.” It must be able to do this in bulk, the document says.

LexisNexis, Palantir, and ICE did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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Weer voor Rotterdam 🌕 - 11-08-2026 01:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 17.9°C · Helder 🌕 | Min 18.1°C / Max 24.3°C | Kans op neerslag 2%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 18.1°C, Max 24.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1025.2 hPa ↗️ +1.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.4 km/u (5.1 m/s), richting: ↘ 320°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 02:00: 17.3°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1023.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.0 km/u (3.6 m/s), richting: ↙ 31°
• 03:00: 16.9°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1024.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↙ 35°
• 04:00: 16.6°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, 🧭 1024.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.8 km/u (3.0 m/s), richting: ↙ 33°
• 05:00: 16.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1024.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ← 79°
• 06:00: 16.1°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1024.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.6 km/u (2.1 m/s), richting: ← 79°
• 07:00: 16.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1025.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.2 km/u (2.0 m/s), richting: ← 89°
• 08:00: 16.7°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1025.5 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.3 km/u (2.3 m/s), richting: ← 79°
• 09:00: 17.6°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.0 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.0 km/u (2.5 m/s), richting: ← 81°
• 10:00: 18.6°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ← 81°
• 11:00: 19.8°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.0 km/u (3.6 m/s), richting: ← 78°
• 12:00: 21.1°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1026.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ← 72°
• 13:00: 22.4°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, 🧭 1026.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.4 km/u (4.0 m/s), richting: ← 74°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• woensdag 12 augustus: Min 16.0°C, Max 25.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1025.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.9 km/u (5.8 m/s), richting: ↙ 61°
• donderdag 13 augustus: Min 15.6°C, Max 30.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1022.4 hPa ↘️ -3.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ← 77°
• vrijdag 14 augustus: Min 20.3°C, Max 31.6°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1016.3 hPa ↘️ -6.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ← 96°
• zaterdag 15 augustus: Min 20.2°C, Max 34.6°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, 🧭 1014.4 hPa ↘️ -1.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↘ 317°
• zondag 16 augustus: Min 18.7°C, Max 26.2°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.0 mm, Kans op neerslag 13%, 🧭 1015.2 hPa ↗️ +0.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.8 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↙ 25°
• maandag 17 augustus: Min 17.1°C, Max 24.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 7%, 🧭 1014.2 hPa ↘️ -1.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.6 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↓ 18°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 17.9°C (Helder)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 15.5°C (-2.4°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 14.0 km/u (3.9 m/s), richting: ↙ 23°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 26.6 km/h (7.4 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 64%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1023.8 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 23.1 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:18 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 21:16

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 39 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 4.5 μg/m³
• PM10: 10.2 μg/m³

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Valve is continuing to broaden SteamOS support beyond its own hardware, with the latest beta adding "initial gamepad support" for a few recent gaming handhelds and improving compatibility for a few others. Ars Technica reports: Those newly supported handhelds include MSI's Claw 8 EX AI+, the extremely expensive, extremely powerful handheld built around Intel's Arc G3 processor that launched this summer. While SteamOS has long included beta support for "other AMD powered handhelds," Valve has only recently been working on offering compatibility with Intel-based handhelds like the MSI Claw line. This weekend's update suggests the company hasn't abandoned those efforts and that Intel chips aren't being left out of the SteamOS conversation.

SteamOS 3.8.25 also newly supports the controllers built into Ayaneo's Android-focused Pocket S2 and the more recently released Windows-based Konkr Fit. Valve also says the new OS offers "improved support" for older MSI Claw devices and the OneXPlayer line of portable gaming PCs. This weekend's update follows June's SteamOS 3.8 update, which stressed "improved compatibility with recent Intel and AMD platforms." That update specifically called out improved controller support on handhelds from the likes of GPD Win, Anbernic, and OrangePi, as well as improvements for various Lenovo Legion Go, MSI Claw, and OneXPlayer devices. The report notes that the new SteamOS update also updates the Linux driver powering the new Steam Controller, "allowing it to work with 'native controller applications' even when Steam is not running."

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Aptoide has become the first third-party Android app store available directly through Google Play in the U.S. "The change is a direct result of Google's litigation with Epic, which saw a judge rule in 2024 that the Play Store would have to open up to third-party stores," notes The Verge. The change makes rival storefronts far easier to discover and install, potentially opening the door for Epic, Amazon, Samsung, Microsoft and others to distribute their own app stores through Google's store. From the report: Third-party app stores have always been available on Android, which is a more open platform than iOS in that respect. However, until now they've only been available if pre-installed on a device -- as with the Amazon Appstore on Fire tablets or Samsung's Galaxy Store -- or installed via sideloading. Listing rival storefronts within the Play Store makes them much easier for users to find and access.
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Aptoide itself is relatively little known, but it's likely to be the first of many alternative app stores. It's presumably only a matter of time before the Epic Store makes its own appearance, and the likes of Amazon, Samsung, and other phone manufacturers may also want to put their stores in front of potential customers.

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New head coach Marco Rose has a lot to live up to after last season’s sixth-placed finish while fans have a first year in Europe to look forward to

Guardian writers’ predicted position: 12th (NB: this is not necessarily Ben Fisher’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)

Last season’s position: 6th

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Meta CEO presents utopian vision of AI in 6,000-word essay amid Silicon Valley debate over government regulation

Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy essay on Monday detailing his views on artificial intelligence and announced several plans for how Meta would develop the technology in the future. The CEO’s essay went online the same day as Meta released a new, open-source AI model that seeks to rival Anthropic and OpenAI’s products called Muse Glimmer.

Over the course of more than 6,000 words in a post titled “The Future is for Everyone,” Zuckerberg addressed a range of topics related to AI that included datacenters, government regulation, cybersecurity, the creation of bioweapons, labor market disruption, surveillance powers and more. The essay presented a utopian vision of AI as a personalized “superintelligence” – using the word 60 times.

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Performer cleared of death of her roommate in Italy uses new motherhood as framework for her defiant comedy show

‘Welcome to the most controversial show on the fringe!” Some audiences will diagnose self-regard in that intro by rookie standup Amanda Knox. For others, as for Knox herself, it merely acknowledges the continuing efforts to silence her. But then, Knox is “the human version of the blue/gold dress”, a canvas on to which we all project guilty, innocent – or weird. Her innocence now proved, it’s the last of these charges she takes on in this fringe outing, retelling her oft-told tale through the lens of new motherhood.

Is it a disgrace that she’s telling it at all – and profiting from it, some would say. (Although they’ve presumably never taken a show to the Edinburgh fringe.) Classifying Cartwheel as comedy may be a misstep; it risks looking insensitive and inaccurately describes the show. But, judging by the evidence, Knox would be damned whatever she did. Now at least she can tell her story in her own way, articulating a growing anger at her treatment and a determination to raise her daughter, not to be silenced and scared but “to be the exact girl I was punished for being”.

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I opened my Flickr app on Android and noticed that auto-upload had stopped. When going to the settings I noticed I was unable to re-enable auto uploader. I reported a problem, got an answer within the hour, provided some more information and five minutes later the latest update was pulled. I was told to remove the app and yes re-installing the app gave me the previous version. And i was able to back up my photos again. I'd say, that was fast.

Anyone out there using flickr with auto-uploader enabled, check your settings, it might have stopped anywhere in july.
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CARACAS (ANP/AFP) - De aardbevingen die Venezuela eind juni hebben getroffen, hebben 6301 doden geëist. Dat maakte parlementsvoorzitter Jorge Rodríguez bekend. Er wordt in het puin nog steeds naar lichamen gezocht.

Het vorige dodental stond op 6125. Er zijn volgens de autoriteiten nog zo'n 1400 vermisten.

Meer dan 12.000 woningen zijn onbewoonbaar verklaard. Talloze families zijn in noodopvang ondergebracht of verblijven bij familieleden.

Buurland Colombia werd maandag door een aardbeving met een kracht van 7.4 getroffen. Het aantal bevestigde doden ligt op 111, maar ook in dit land vrezen de autoriteiten dat het verder oploopt. Het is de zwaarste aardbeving in Colombia deze eeuw.

De Europese Unie is bereid Colombia meer hulp te bieden bij de reddingswerkzaamheden na de zware aardbeving, aldus commissievoorzitter Ursula von der Leyen op X. De Europese satellietdienst Copernicus wordt al ingezet om te helpen, zo schreef ze. Voor Venezuela heeft de EU 25 miljoen euro beschikbaar gesteld, onder meer voor medische hulpmiddelen en reddingsteams.